Raising Pillars

I am happy for my girls to play with baby dolls as long as they want to.  I love it that they dress up and play house.  It makes me happy that their dream would be to have a pioneer dress to ride their horses in.  It makes me smile that my twelve year old loves beautiful antiques.  I love it that the highlight of their year is going on a birthday date with their daddy.  They are crazy about their daddy!  Our whole day is centered around daddy's arrival from work. 


I think that teaching our daughters to love and serve their father is hands on training for a lifetime of contented service.  (Trust me, that is really not popular these days!)    Our precious little girls will grow up one day. (And time really flies!)   More than likely, they will all be married and have families of their own.  It is not good for girls to have 18 to 25 years of thinking only about themselves to be thrown into a roll as mother and wife where your main task is serving and nurturing other people.  I think that it is unfair to the girls and hard on marriages.

That our daughters may be as pillars,
Sculptured in palace style.   

Psalm 144:12

 If you want to raise your daughters to be "pillars, sculptured in palace style", you want them to be strong, elegant, and full of beauty.  Not beauty as the world would define it, but modest and pure of heart.  It takes great diligence to accomplish this in a culture that would immerse them in feminism and ungodliness.  YOU MUST GUARD THEIR HEARTS!

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.   A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.   Matthew 12:34b-35

If your daughters are getting a steady diet of worldly things, then that is what will come out of them.  Be cautious what they watch on television and listen to on the radio.  Be sure you know what books they are reading.  Give them books with good morals that teach character and how to be a woman of God.  Make sure you know your daughter's friends and their mothers.

"Don't be fooled by those who say such things, "For BAD company corrupts GOOD CHARACTER."

1 Corinthians 15:33 NLT

 

Train you daughters to be modest.  I do not need to elaborate on this because there is just too much to say on this in the Word.

In like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing. 1 Timothy 2:9

Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—   rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 1 Peter 3:3-4

 

 

Teach your daughters to serve their family along side you.  And not just to serve, but to do it with a joyful attitude!  Teach them that the line of authority God has placed over us is not bondage but safety and blessing.  It will make the transition to their own family so much easier.